Patents Examined by Erin E Hirt
  • Patent number: 10925279
    Abstract: The invention provides aqueous pesticidal concentrates comprising at least one colloidal solid, a dispersed emulsion phase comprising at least one substantially water-insoluble pesticidally active ingredient, which is either itself an oily liquid comprising the oil phase, is a solid but is dissolved in an oily liquid present in the oil phase, is a solid and is dispersed within the oil phase or is present as a colloidal solid adsorbed to the liquid-liquid interface between the continuous aqueous phase and the dispersed oil phase and at least one Ostwald ripening inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Jeffrey Fowler
  • Patent number: 10925284
    Abstract: An herbicidal composition comprising (a) glyphosate or a derivative thereof, (b) an amidoalkylamine surfactants having the general structure: wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atoms to about 22 carbon atoms, and R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrocarbyl having from about 1 carbon atom to about 6 carbon atoms; and (c) at least one co-surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: William Abraham, John Hemminghaus, Daniel R. Wright, Shawn Zhu
  • Patent number: 10894783
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, pesticidal compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such pesticidal compositions against such pests. These pesticidal compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses a molecule having the following formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Tony K. Trullinger, Carla J. R. Klittich, Ricky Hunter
  • Patent number: 10888095
    Abstract: The present invention provides a temperature stable herbicidal composition comprising 2-amino-4-[hydroxy(methyl) phosphinoyl]butyric acid, its salts, its isomers, mixture of isomers, derivatives or their lower alkyl esters or salts thereof with acids or bases, (C8-C20) alkyldimethylamine N-oxide and an inorganic ammonium salt. Also provided is a process for preparing the composition by mixing said active ingredient in a formulation vessel with water and solvent followed by the addition of calculated amount of (C8-C20) alkyldimethylamine N-oxide and inorganic ammonium salt, and if required further customary adjuvants, solvents or other components such as wetting agent, coloring agent or defoamer followed by homogenizing the resultant mixture to obtain a clear solution. A method of weed control applying the composition of the present invention as well as a multipack herbicidal product comprising the composition are within the purview of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: UPL LIMITED
    Inventors: Satish Ekanath Bhoge, Paresh Vithaldas Talati, Jaidev Rajnikant Shroff, Vikram Rajnikant Shroff
  • Patent number: 10829648
    Abstract: A composition containing succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor and a potentiator has been discovered to enhance the activity of the succinate dehydrogenase such that the amount of the succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor need to effectively treat a microbial substance can be reduced substantially. The compositions may be used as additives for paints and coatings, and protecting crops, seeds, wallboard, metal working fluids, wood from mold, fungi and other microbes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ARCH WOOD PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: George Polson, Alex Valcke, Andrew Hughes, Jody Jourden, Maria Regina Prioli, Qi Zheng
  • Patent number: 10800794
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein Q is and A, R1, m, X1, X2, Y1, Y2, Y3 and R5a are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Wenming Zhang
  • Patent number: 10800791
    Abstract: The present invention provides triazole compounds useful as inhibitors of Acetyl CoA Carboxylase (ACC), compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Gilead Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Shomir Ghosh, Jeremy Robert Greenwood, Geraldine C. Harriman, Silvana Marcel Leit De Moradei
  • Patent number: 10792258
    Abstract: The invention refers to an antimicrobial, exfoliating and seboregulating hydrosoluble composition comprising a combination of diallyl disulphide modified oxide (DDMO) and alpha hydroxyethanoic acid (glycolic acid), which acts removing bacteria affecting the skin including those caused by acne, said composition also provides deep cleansing, exfoliating action, reduces epidermal cohesion facilitating cellular change, preventing the occurrence of several forms of acne in the skin and additionally producing seboregulating effects by avoiding blockage of sebaceous glands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Excalibur Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: José Agustín Rogelio Magaña Castro, Laura Vázquez Cervantes, Pedro Peña Santoyo
  • Patent number: 10766850
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as perfuming ingredients of the fruity type. Formula (I) is in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or of a mixture thereof, wherein R1 represents a C1-3 alkyl or alkenyl group, R2 represents a methyl or ethyl group, R3 represents a C1-4 alkyl or alkenyl group, and the compound (I) has from 8 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Christian Vial, Roger Leslie Snowden
  • Patent number: 10765114
    Abstract: 4-amino-6-(pyridyl and 2-substitutedphenyl)-picolinic acids and their derivatives; 6-amino-2-(pyridyl and 2-substitutedphenyl)-pyrimidine-4-carboxylates and their derivatives; and methods of using the same as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Joseph D. Eckelbarger, Jeffrey B. Epp, Lindsey G. Fischer, Natalie C. Giampietro, Jeremy Kister, Jeffrey Petkus, Joshua Roth, Norbert M. Satchivi, Paul R. Schmitzer, Thomas L. Siddall, Carla N. Yerkes
  • Patent number: 10757937
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising agonist compounds that activate ABA receptors. In one aspect, the invention provides an agricultural formulation useful for inducing ABA responses in plant vegetative tissues, reducing abiotic stress in plants, and inhibiting germination of plant seeds. The compounds are also useful for inducing expression of ABA-responsive genes in cells that express endogenous or heterologous ABA receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Sean R. Cutler, Aditya Vaidya
  • Patent number: 10759767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising, 1) as component I a compound of formula I, as defined in the claims and description, and 2) as component II an active ingredient, selected from the groups A) to O) defined in the claims and description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Klaas Lohmann, Egon Haden, Dieter Strobel, Siegfried Strathmann, Martin Semar, Frederik Menges, Nadege Boudet
  • Patent number: 10745347
    Abstract: Sulfate and sulfonate derivatives of unsaturated fatty alcohols, processes for making them, and methods of using them are disclosed. In one aspect, a monounsaturated fatty alcohol composition is made by reducing a metathesis-derived monounsaturated alkyl ester. The fatty alcohol composition is then converted to a sulfate or sulfonate derivative by one or more of alkoxylation, sulfation, sulfonation, and sulfitation. Of particular interest are the sulfate and ether sulfate derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: STEPAN COMPANY
    Inventors: David R. Allen, Marcos Alonso, Mary Beddaoui, Randal J. Bernhardt, Aaron Brown, Scott Dillavou, Xue Min Dong, Wilma Gorman, John C. Hutchison, Gary Luebke, Renee Luka, Franz Luxem, Andrew D Malec, Ronald A. Masters, Dennis S. Murphy, Nicholas Pendleton, Irma Ryklin, Patti Skelton, Brian Sook, Chris Spaulding, Krista Turpin, Gregory Wallace, Michael Wiester, Patrick Shane Wolfe
  • Patent number: 10729679
    Abstract: A pramipexole transdermal patch for treatment of neurological disorders including Parkinson's disease that may be administered on a daily basis. The pramipexole transdermal patch of the present invention preferably comprises a drug-containing layer that comprises pramipexole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at 2% to about 15% by weight of the drug-containing layer and at least two acrylic polymers wherein each polymer may further comprise carboxyl and/or hydroxyl functional groups. The pramipexole transdermal patch of the present invention may further comprise two or more permeation enhancers with combined pramipexole solubility of great than 50 mg/mL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Transwell Biotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Catherine Lee, Taijung Wu
  • Patent number: 10721933
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and agrochemically acceptable salts and enantiomers thereof, can be used as insecticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Andre Jeanguenat, Fides Benfatti, Thomas Pitterna
  • Patent number: 10701940
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in phyla Nematoda, Arthropoda, and/or Mollusca, processes to produce such molecules and intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules against such pests. These molecules may be used, for example, as nematicides, acaricides, insecticides, miticides, and/or molluscicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One” and “Formula Two”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Natalie C. Giampietro, David A. Demeter, Lindsey G. (Fischer) Horty, Gary D. Crouse, Thomas C. Sparks
  • Patent number: 10696634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds I wherein the variables are defined as given in the description and claims. The invention further relates to uses, processes and intermediates for compounds I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wassilios Grammenos, Christian Winter, Bernd Mueller, Antje Wolf, Ana Escribano Cuesta, Erica Cambeis, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Thomas Grote, Manuel Kretschmer, Nadine Riediger, Ian Robert Craig, Christine Wiebe, Violeta Terteryan-Seiser, Andreas Koch, Marcus Fehr, Tobias Mentzel
  • Patent number: 10681908
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules and compositions against such pests. These molecules and compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Barton, Xin Gao, Jim Hunter, Paul R. LePlae, Jr., William C. Lo, Joshodeep Boruwa, Raghuram Tangirala, Gerald B. Watson, John Herbert
  • Patent number: 10681909
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein A, X and Y are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Paula Louise Sharpe
  • Patent number: 10683241
    Abstract: There is provided an aqueous seaweed extract in the form of a solution concentrate composition comprising: (a) at least 0.5% by weight soluble alginate based on the weight of concentrate composition; (b) at least 0.1% calcium by weight based on the weight of concentrate composition; (c) a calcium-chelating agent; and (d) a borate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SEASOL INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD
    Inventors: Tony Arioli, Peter Neville-Jones